Multiple imports of empty albums every time I open iPhoto.

Every time I open iPhoto it prompts me with, "A Photo has been found in the iPhoto Library that was not imported. Would you like to import it?" It asks me this question twice, and I answer with Yes twice, and then each time I have a new album that says Recovered Photos, but there's nothing in them. If I click No, it creates a folder elsewhere on my computer and it gets frustrating have to go and keep deleting these empty folders and albums. What can I do?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Open the iPhoto library package in the Finder by Control-clicking on it and selecting "Show Package Contents" from the drop down menu. Then look for a folder titled "Import" or "Importing" and move it to the Desktop. DO NOT move or rename any other item in the library.
Launch iPhoto and the message should be gone. Look in the Import folder to see if it's a photo you want to keep. If so drag it into iPhoto to import. Otherwise delete the folder and contents.
OT

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Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
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Drag it to the Desktop. *Make no other changes*.
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Quit iPhoto and to to the iPhoto library (by default in your pictures folder) - right click (control click) on it and select show package contents - find the folder named import (on importing) and drag it to the desktop - DO NOT MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES - launch iPhoto and you will be fine.
Open the import(ing) folder and if there is nothing in it that you need move it to the trash and empty the trash
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tullch24
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download <a href="http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/"><b><u>iPhoto Library Manager</b></u></a> and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
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Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.

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No it's not normal. What version of iPhoto? Post the first 50 lines only of the crash report
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TD

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Process:         iPhoto [430]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.2.1 (9.2.1)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-628000000000000~1
App Item ID:     408981381
App External ID: 4641130
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [160]
Date/Time:       2011-11-02 22:33:22.628 -0500
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          526713 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           9
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 4439 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   8
Anonymous UUID:                      8147E0FC-2622-4A56-920E-44498E48B55B
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
VM Regions Near 0:
--> __PAGEZERO             0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [    4K] ---/--- SM=NUL /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
    __TEXT                 0000000000001000-0000000000d1b000 [ 13.1M] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
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objc[430]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00824501 0x1000 + 8533249
1   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x001678d6 0x1000 + 1468630
2   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91bdff49 __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 49
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95508ff3 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_1 + 275
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954d3d78 _CFXNotificationPost + 2776
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91bcb136 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
6   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91be03ca -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 55
7   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0016716a 0x1000 + 1466730
8   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00167111 0x1000 + 1466641
9   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0015c6f4 0x1000 + 1423092
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95520e1d __invoking___ + 29
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95520d59 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 137
12 com.apple.RedRock                       0x01d62e61 -[RKInvoker _invokeTarget:] + 33
13 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9551e091 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 65
14 com.apple.Foundation                    0x91c1cf64 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 503
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16 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95495206 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 246
17 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954bf0d8 __CFRunLoopRun + 1112
18 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954be8ec CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332
19 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954be798 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120
20 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93bcca7f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 318
21 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93bd3d9b ReceiveNextEventCommon + 381
22 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93bd3c0a BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
23 com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b27040 _DPSNextEvent + 678
24 com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b268ab -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 113
25 com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b22c22 -[NSApplication run] + 911
26 com.apple.AppKit                        0x97db718a NSApplicationMain + 1054
27 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0001159a 0x1000 + 66970
28 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00010a29 0x1000 + 64041
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x91bbc90a kevent + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x9a5bbc58 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 969
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OT

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